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Originally Posted by ssnaqvi
ESSAY
1. The Future of Democracy in Pakistan.
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ssnaqvi for posting the paper.
I would suggest a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis on the issue:
Positive elements to discuss:
- Name of the state
- Quaid-e-Azam's quotes
- Constitutionally agreed form of government
- Democracy and its concept in Islam (Shura)
- World's acceptance of democracy as the modern system
- Support from west is somehow conditional with democracy
- Media has grown up as a power now and it also supports democracy
- Deep-rooted democracy in place after local government system establishment
Negative elements:
- Ethnic differences
- ineptness of political leadership (as per past experience)
- Economic progress in dictatorships
- Corruption prevalent in democratic eras (as compared to dictatorships)
- Foreign enemies do not want democracy to flourish
- Feudal system hindering the true democracy to develope
- Uneducated masses
- Religious fanatics calling democracy anti-Islamic
- Lack of democracy within political parties (dynastic legacies prevailing)
- Army's superiority due to repeated Indo-Pak war hysteria
Way forward:
Democracy has bright future but consensus and reconciliation among politicians is needed with more enlightenment in the masses and support from media and also more sanity from Army to refrain from indulging into politics.
P.S. There are many points still to be touched which I couldn't due to lack of time availability. Room for improvement remains open for those who wish to give it a try.